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Australian author (1826–1915)

For other people named Thomas Browne, see Thomas Browne (disambiguation).

Thomas Alexander Browne (born Brown, 6 August 1826 – 11 March 1915) was an Australian author who published many of his works under the pseudonym Rolf Boldrewood.

He is best known for his 1882 bushranging novel Robbery Under Arms.

Biography

Browne was born in London, the eldest child of Captain Sylvester John Brown, a shipmaster formerly of the East India Company, and his wife Elizabeth Angell, née Alexander.

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His mother was his "earliest admirer and most indulgent critic . . . to whom is chiefly due whatever meed of praise my readers may hereafter vouchsafe" (Dedication Old Melbourne Memories).

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Thomas added the 'e' to his surname in the 1860s. After his father's barqueProteus had delivered a cargo of convicts in Hobart, the family settled in Sydney in 1831. Sylvester Brown took up whaling and built a stone mansion, Enmore, which gav